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Saxon Federal Library – Dresden, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 25, 2010

Building: Saxon Federal Library
Location:  Dresden, Germany
Architect:  Ortner and Ortner
Completion:  2003

AE interests: vast open space, stone cladding, enormous glass roof

Crematorium Baumschulenweg – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 25, 2010

Building: Crematorium Baumschulenweg
Location:  Rinkartstr 13, 12437 Berlin, Germany
Architect: Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank
Completion:  1998

AE interests:  concrete construction, flat roof, glass façade, minimalist exterior envelope, large interior columns

Documentation Center – Nurnberg, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Documentation Center
Location:  Nurnberg, Germany
Architect:  Gunther Domenig
Completion:  2001

AE interests:  steel and glass shaft, brick and concrete finish

Experimental Factory – Magdeburg, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Experimental Factory
Location:  Magdeburg, Germany
Architect: Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Completion:  2001
Structural Engineer: Bautra
Environmental Engineer: Canzler Ingenieure, Leipzig
Acoustical: Akustik-Ingenieurburo Moll

AE interests:  Concrete slab construction with prefabricated skeleton, glass curtainwall and façade, aluminum cladding

Treptowers – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Treptowers
Location: An den Treptowers 3, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Schweger and Partner
Completion: 1998

AE interests: high-rise building, steel and glass façade

Dresden Synagogue – Dresden, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Dresden Synagogue
Location:  Hasenberg 1, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Architect:  Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architects
Completion:  2001
Structural Engineer: Schweitzer Ingenieure
Acoustical Engineer: Muller BBM
Lighting Designers:  Wilms GmbH

AE interests: precast concrete stones, interior structure of metallic textile

Prisma Building – Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Prisma Building
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Architect: Auer + Weber + Partner
Completion: 2001

AE interests: atrium, double glass façade for ventilation, curtain wall system

Braun Headquarters – Melsungen, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 22, 2010

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Building: Braun Headquarters
Location: Markdorfer Str. 1, 88048 Friedrichshafen, Melsungen, Germany
Architect: Sterling, Wilford, and Nageli
Completion: 2001

AE interests: stained timber structure

Biosphere and Flower Pavilion – Potsdam, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 22, 2010

Building: Biosphere and Flower Pavilion
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Architect: Barkow and Leibinger
Completion: 2001

AE interests: natural lighting, low rise building that fits on the landscape, curtain walls, long span concrete roof, pavilion is an open 200 meter long space, very natural geologic shape

National Space Center – Leicester, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 31, 2009

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Building: National Space Center
Location: Leicester, England
Completed: 2001
Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw
Structural Engineer: Arup
Project Manager: Gardiner and Theobold

AE interests: grid steel frame, spiraling geometry, efficiency
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Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – Troy, New York, U.S.

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 31, 2009

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Building: Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Location: Troy, New York
Completed: 2008
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Architect of Record: Davis Brody Bond
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Acoustician: Kirkegaard Associates
Theater Consultant: Fisher Dachs Associates
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company

AE interests: lighting, acoustics, glass walls
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Five Boats Office Development – Duisburg, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 31, 2009

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Building: Five Boats Office Development
Location: Duisburg, Germany
Completed: 2005
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: LWS Ingenieure, Duisburg

AE interests: extensive use of fenestration, symmetry
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Caixa Galicia Art Foundation – A Coruna, Spain

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Building: Caixa Galicia Art Foundation
Location: A Coruna, Spain
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Electrical Engineer: Arup
Building Eclosure: Arup
Acoustic Consulting: Arup
Main Contractor: Dragados

AE interests: responds sensitively to site, glass paneling, marble interlayer, lighting
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Articles: [1, 2]

Updated by Miguel Yapur, July 2020

Southern Cross Station – Melbourne, Australia

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Building: Southern Cross Station
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: WSP
Consulting Engineer: Lincolne Scott Australia

AE interests: dune-like roof which is responsive to hot climate, vast hall with uninterrupted vistas
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Articles: [1]

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall – Frankfurt, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Building: Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineers: Arup, Schlaich Bergermann, BGS, Hahn & Bartenbach
Main Contractor: Hochtief

AE interests: steel roof structure, lighting
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Articles: [1, 2]

Video: [1]

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

Airside Center at Zurich Airport – Zurich, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Completed: 2004
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Associate Achitect: Itten & Brechbuhl AG
Structural Engineer: Ernst Basler & Partners, Arup
Facade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG

AE interests: aerodynamically curved steel roof, glass walts
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Article: [1]

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

Eden Project – Cornwall, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Location: Cornwall, England
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts, ARUP
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon & Everest
Main Contractor: McAlpine Joint Venture

AE interests: geometric shapes, efficiency,  ‘biodomes’ help encapsulate humid and warm temperatures which are used for plant enclosures
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

International Waterloo Terminal – London, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on August 28, 2009

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Location: York Road, London SE1 7ND, England
Completed: 1993
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineers: YRM, Anthony Hunt Associates, Cass Hayward and Partners with Tony Gee and Partners, British Rail Civil Engineer, Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners
Consulting Engineers: ARUP, Roger Preston & Partners

AE Interests: arches, curved trusses

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

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